Assistant Professor-Applied Environmental Economics

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources /
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Title: Assistant Professor (Applied Environmental Economics)
Position Number: 0085403T
Hiring Unit: College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM)
Location: Manoa Campus
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time (50% Research; 50% Instruction)
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary

Other Conditions: To begin approximately January 2024 or soon thereafter. Funding is approved until 2026 with apossibility to extend, renewal dependent on grants awarded and satisfactory performance.

For more information, visit: https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiiedu/jobs/4189270/assistant-professor-applied-environmental-economics-85403t

For Inquiries, contact Dr. Melissa Price at pricemel@hawaii.edu

Tenure-track Junior/Assistant Extension Agent for Agricultural Finance

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources /
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Job Opening: Tenure-track Junior/Assistant Extension Agent for Agricultural Finance

CTAHR is a premier college that has a mission to provide exceptional transdisciplinary education, research, and extension in tropical and sub-tropical agriculture, natural resources, and human well-being to local and global communities. NREM is an interdisciplinary department, weaving multiple knowledge systems for stewardship of natural resources, and discovering and disseminating innovative, integrated solutions for sustainable natural resource use, farm and food systems, and environmental management. Visit https://cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu/nrem/.

We are seeking candidates for the tenure-track, Junior/Assistant Extension Agent for Agricultural Finance (Position # 84045).

For the complete job announcement and application information, visit https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiiedu/jobs/4129158/junior-assistant-extension-
agent-agricultural-finance-pos-84045

The University of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. We believe that inclusiveness and excellence are interdependent. Our local and global communities are best served by ensuring all populations are represented equitably throughout CTAHR. We strive to cultivate an environment that supports equitable opportunities for every member of CTAHR to achieve individual and common goals.

*Career Fair for Students

• Thursday, October 5, 2023
• Campus Center Ballroom 
• 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• Looking to meet possible employers? The Career Fair for Students provides an opportunity to meet potential employers, network, and find internships and career opportunities
• Open to University of Hawai'i at Manoa Students and Alumni

Internal Internships Opportunities

CTAHR INTERNSHIPS

Interested in an internship program that focuses on agriculture, food production, nutrition, resource management, and more? Find more information below!

https://mailchi.mp/ctahr/ctahr-internships

Internal Assistantship Opportunities

Partnership W/ Hauoli Mau Loa Foundation

Since 2012, Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation has partnered with the University of Hawaiʻi to support graduate assistantship opportunities at the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo and Mānoa. We are pleased to continue this partnership with support of ten graduate assistantship positions for the Fall 2023 school year at the following schools and departments:

UH Hilo

Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science

UH Mānoa

College of Natural Sciences- Botany Department

Natural Resources and Environmental Management

School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (Marine Biology, Oceanography, & Earth Sciences)

In addition to a tuition waiver, the students selected by the respective University departments for the assistantships will receive a salary and funds for supplies and professional development for two years. To learn more about the selection criteria and application requirements, please visit the links above or our website.

Internal Postdoc Opportunities

Postdoctoral Fellow in Remote Sensing of Invasive and Nuisance Species

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management at the University of Hawaiʻi and Manoa seeks a recent Ph.D. interest in applying remote sensing techniques to the management of coral reef ecosystems in the Marine Monuments of the Pacific. 

The postdoctoral fellow will design and implement research applying high-resolution satellite data to invasive and nuisance species detection on reefs in Marine National Monuments across the Pacific, document long-term trends in benthic cover, aid in the development of remote sensing tools for the conservation of coral reefs in the Pacific Islands. Study areas are the reefs of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (MNM), Pacific Remote Islands MNM, and Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. 

Opportunities:

• Develop advanced skill in remote sensing of coastal ecosystems, analytical skills, programming skills, and collaborate with researchers at various institutions, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
• Opportunities to collect data from field sites, either in person or through partnerships. The fellow is expected to present the results of the project at national/ international conferences and publish them in peer-reviewed journals. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Ph.D. in resource management, coastal environment, or related field with a background in coastal remote sensing.
• Experience with image processing software and GIS software.
• Experience with computer programming (e.g., R, Python, C, etc.). 

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience conducting field work involving remote sensing.
• Experience in processing a wide variety of datasets.
• Familiarity with various image data format. 

To apply, please submit electronically a statement of research interest including how you meet the minimum and/ or desirable qualifications, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information (including email address) of three professional references to Tomoaki Miura (tomoakim@hawaii.edu, +1-808-956-7333). 

Application deadline: Application will remain open until position is filled. 

KUPU Year-Round Internship with the Teaching Change Partnership

This KUPU year-round membership opportunity is for people that love Hawai'i and are interested in learning how to lead Bioculturally-grounded conservation experiences for middle and high school students.

As part of your KUPU experience, you will: 

• Learn how to lead overnight conservation education programs at the Hakalau
  Forest National Wildlife Refuge and the Puʻuwaʻawaʻa Dry Forest.
• Help plan conservation education events including the Biocultural Blitz in
  Puʻuwaʻawaʻa and Earth Dayʻs Conservation Career Day on the UH-Hilo Campus.
• Understand how to weave biocultural stewardship, climate change, and place-based
  learning into programming for Hawaiʻi Island Youth and their teachers.
  In the process, you will make great professional connections, earn $18,000, and receive a
  $5,000 education award.

To learn more about our programs: https://www.teaching-change.org/

For questions/ more information, please contact tchange@hawaii.edu.

**List of Internship Opportunities that can be used towards NREM Internship Experience requirement (NREM 492)**

M.S. Graduate Research Assistantship – University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit

Two US Forest Service Postdoctoral Fellowships

Two 2-year full-time Postdoctoral Fellowship positions will be available through the US Forest Service Research Participation Program with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) to assist on a project centered on Restoring with Culturally Significant Plants to Strengthen Food Webs for Pollinators and Tribal Community Well-being. The successful candidates will interact with all members of the team and will work closely together to help achieve project goals. The team consists of research scientists, Tribal relations specialists, land managers, natural resource specialists, and are affiliated with federal and state agencies,
universities, and non-profit organizations. 

Project Description
Before European settlement, grasslands, savannas, and related open canopy plant communities (prairies, barrens, and woodlands) stretched across 162 million ha of the US and more than 60 million bison roamed these lands. Today, grasslands represent one of the most threatened ecosystems with an estimated 82-99% loss, and bison numbers are only a fraction of historical estimates. The loss of these systems has further implications for other species, particularly bees and other pollinators. These losses have drastically reduced ecosystem integrity, biodiversity, and the cultural and health benefits these lands once provided to Tribes, Tribal Nations, Indigenous communities (hereafter, Tribes), and other communities. Restoring these critically important natural communities is key to sustaining and maintaining cultural plants (i.e., subsistence and medicinal species) and pollinator populations.

This project’s goal is to co-produce knowledge with Tribal, community, and other partners that will help restore these systems to Midwestern US landscapes. The project will help reestablish and maintain relationships between Tribes and medicinal plants, bees, and the entire ecosystem through knowledge-building and future restoration efforts that promote self-sustaining harvests. The project will also improve understanding of how acres treated for restoration objectives affects the long-term sustainability, ecological integrity, and resilience of these landscapes, both increasing biodiversity and cultural resources.

ORISE Fellow 1: Landscape assessment of restoration projects

Position Description: The ORISE Fellow will conduct a GIS landscape assessment to identify existing non-forest restoration efforts on Federal and Non-Federal lands. The Fellow will also work with project partners and support personnel to conduct a regional literature review of upland non-forested and open canopy restoration efforts, and assemble relevant datasets with respect to vegetation surveys, pollinator surveys, treatment effects, and monitoring efforts. The combination of literature review and acquisition of unpublished datasets will support a meta-analysis that includes questions related to culturally relevant plants and pollinator communities. From the assessment and analyses, the Fellow will develop restoration scenarios that prioritize lands to restore while estimating potential culturally significant plant and pollinator habitat resources. With these datasets, the Fellow will contribute to translating results into a prioritization decision-support tool for non-forest lands. The Fellow will also participate in workshops, collaborate on manuscripts, and deliver presentations at local and national conferences.

Qualifications: Applicants must have a PhD degree in forestry, ecology, biology, geography or a related field at the time of starting the position. Prior experience related to GIS is required as is experience related to grassland ecology, natural resource management, and/or ecosystem ecology. Successful candidates will demonstrate an aptitude for research, strong analytical, oral and written scientific communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to work independently
and as a team. Preference will be given to applicants with a publication record, strong statistical analyses skills, and experience working with Tribal communities. 

ORISE Fellow 2: Integrating Indigenous knowledge in restoration projects

Position Description: The ORISE Fellow will assist with relationship-building and co-development of workshops with Tribes to identify restoration and research needs from Tribes and other landowners, how Indigenous knowledge has guided past restoration efforts and can guide future efforts and identify potential barriers for implementing future restoration projects. The Fellow will compile lists of restoration plants, and their pollinator, edible, medicinal and cultural value. With these plant lists, the Fellow will create a database of culturally significant plants and pollinator plants for non-forest restoration and evaluate whether and how restoration
efforts on non-forest lands have benefited culturally important plants and supported pollinators. The Fellow will have the opportunity to participate in workshops, collaborate on manuscripts and deliver presentations at local and national conferences.

Qualifications: Applicants must have a PhD degree in forestry, ecology, biology, geography or a related field at the time of starting the position. Prior experience related to grassland ecology, natural resource management, and/or plant-pollinator ecology is preferred. Successful candidates will demonstrate an aptitude for research, analytical and oral and written scientific communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to work independently and as a team. Preference will be given to applicants with experience working with Tribes and/or indigenous communities, Traditional Ecological Knowledge / Indigenous knowledge, Native American ethnobotany, qualitative data analysis and database management skills. 
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Mentors
The lead mentors for these opportunities are Dr. Susannah Lerman (susannah.b.lerman@usda.gov), Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Northern Research
Station located at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (ORISE 1), Dr. Kelly Kindscher kindsche@ku.edu, Senior Scientist/Professor at Kansas Biological Survey/Environmental Studies at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (ORISE 2), and Jennifer Ballinger (Jennifer.Ballinger@usda.gov), Tribal Relations Specialist, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station in St. Paul, MN. Additional mentorship will be provided by other team members. If you have questions about the nature of the research, please contact the mentor(s). 

Appointment Start Date and Length:
November 1, 2023, 2-year appointment. Start date is flexible and will depend on a variety of factors. 

Participation Stipend
The participant will receive a monthly stipend commensurate with educational level and experience. The current monthly stipend for this opportunity is about $6,400, includes a health insurance stipend supplement, and $12,000 for travel and supplies.